TY - JOUR
T1 - Collecting social contact data in the context of disease transmission
T2 - Prospective and retrospective study designs
AU - Mikolajczyk, Rafael T.
AU - Kretzschmar, Mirjam
PY - 2008/5/1
Y1 - 2008/5/1
N2 - Patterns of direct contacts between people ultimately determine the transmission rate for airborne pathogens like influenza; therefore, data regarding contact behaviour are essential for designing infectious disease control. In order to collect reliable data about social contacts, decisions about the survey methodology have to be made. A series of relevant surveys was conducted in 2003-2006 among university students in Bielefeld, Germany. Each survey focussed on specific methodological questions related to the number of contacts encountered during 1 day. In this study, we report on the analysis of different survey designs.
AB - Patterns of direct contacts between people ultimately determine the transmission rate for airborne pathogens like influenza; therefore, data regarding contact behaviour are essential for designing infectious disease control. In order to collect reliable data about social contacts, decisions about the survey methodology have to be made. A series of relevant surveys was conducted in 2003-2006 among university students in Bielefeld, Germany. Each survey focussed on specific methodological questions related to the number of contacts encountered during 1 day. In this study, we report on the analysis of different survey designs.
KW - Airborne infectious diseases
KW - Social contacts
KW - Survey methodology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=41549088237&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.socnet.2007.09.002
DO - 10.1016/j.socnet.2007.09.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:41549088237
SN - 0378-8733
VL - 30
SP - 127
EP - 135
JO - Social Networks
JF - Social Networks
IS - 2
ER -